IDNO

N.107515.MF

Description

“Farafara women on their way to fishing. They trap the fish in the beehive shaped baskets.” [Fortes’ Caption]

“Women going fishing.” [Fortes' Annotation]

Two groups of women walking along a dirt path. The first three women wear perineal bands and the first woman balances a large basket on her head. Behind them is a group of three men, each of whom wears a light-coloured garment over one shoulder. The landscape is flat and dotted with a few trees. [IG 7/8/2008]

Place

W Africa; Ghana; Upper East region [Gold Coast; Northern Territories]

Cultural Affliation

Tallensi

Named Person

Photographer

Fortes, Meyer

Collector / Expedition

Fortes, Meyer

Date

1937

Collection Name

Fortes Collection

Source

Drucker-Brown, Susan

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.106678.MF - N.108070.MF were kept in a brown cardboard box numbered C580/.

N.107480.MF - N.107515.MF were kept in brown film roll now numbered C580/24.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Imogen Gunn 7/8/2008]